# "Community" (new NBC show) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596 "2009-09-18T15:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/121 "2009-10-05T13:44:24Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Also, I didn’t think Chevy Chase was funny, at least not anymore. > > But it turns out he is! I thought the Chevy-centric episode the week before was weak. However, he showed his comedy chops with the sneeze theory, and especially the little pizza bit that allowed him to exploit his genius with physical comedy. Stupid, but I laughed harder at that than anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/122 "2009-10-05T13:51:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > What’s a good secondary character that doesn’t ruin a show? Maybe Kenneth? Kenneth is good. Sheldon on Big Bang Theory is another. Dwight Schrute? Buster Bluth? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/123 "2009-10-10T13:53:51Z")
10/8 Episode. “Social Psychology” (The imdb episode list is wrong, btw.) Another fine episode. I’ve like 3 out of the 4 so far. The chemistry between the two leads continues to develop nicely. The “value” of the secondary characters continues to increase. Things are moving along nicely. I had a problem understanding two lines, even repeated playing didn’t help. Near the end, Jeff and Brita sitting on the bench. Jeff makes a remark on friend levels (driving to the airport and painting the kitchen). Brita responds. Not clear what she said. Then later Chevy Chase makes some comment to Jeff at the end of their discussion. The music playing over it mucked it up. I’d appreciate some help. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/124 "2009-10-10T14:49:07Z")
I deleted the episode about an hour before you posted - sorry. It was a pretty good episode. I laughed at: I’d be worried if I were playing Hacky Sack a decade too late. And though I was not surprised, I laughed that Abed couldn’t be broken. The spanish professor is annoying and not funny. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/125 "2009-10-10T15:26:27Z")
Hulu to the rescue! > [@ftg](#): > > Near the end, Jeff and Brita sitting on the bench. Jeff makes a remark on friend levels (driving to the airport and painting the kitchen). Brita responds. Not clear what she said. “How about the friend level where you sometimes have to catsit?” > [@](#): > > Then later Chevy Chase makes some comment to Jeff at the end of their discussion. The music playing over it mucked it up. He’s talking about how he got rid of his radar ears because there are some things they weren’t meant to hear, and that humans were designed to hear around “this range” (motioning in his immediate vicinity with his hands) and “this range alone”. “'Cause you know who talking to us in this range? The people we love” And then Jeff makes the Inspector Gadget joke. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/126 "2009-10-10T16:52:26Z")
Thanks **ArchiveGuy** , guess my ears are too old to pick up on “catsit”. Forgot to mention John Oliver. Did reasonably well, but you still saw his blowup coming a mile away so it was a letdown. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/127 "2009-10-10T21:03:17Z")
I thought this episode marked a dramatic change in the lead character. Suddenly he’s got a heart of gold and all kinds of sincerity. Where did that come from? I’m not sure I like the change, either. Now he’s just another ‘nice guy’ trying to get the girl and having to live down his past. It makes him more sympathetic, but a lot less fun to watch. This show is still on the bubble for me. It clearly hasn’t found its real voice yet. If they turn it into a sappy love comedy, I’m out. I liked the edginess of the first couple of episodes. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/128 "2009-10-10T21:36:48Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > I thought this episode marked a dramatic change in the lead character. Suddenly he’s got a heart of gold and all kinds of sincerity. Where did that come from? This episode was out of order. According to Wikipedia this was actually episode 6. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/129 "2009-10-11T13:16:39Z")
Jeff was still a jerk to the rival. Including ordering coffee in front of him and Britta\*. He’s still Jeff, but he’s learning to like the others. Something he probably had going for him all along but just takes time to develop on a one-at-time basis. - Gotta learn: two t’s, two t’s. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/130 "2009-10-11T15:14:53Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Jeff was still a jerk to the rival. Including ordering coffee in front of him and Britta\*. He’s still Jeff, but he’s learning to like the others. Something he probably had going for him all along but just takes time to develop on a one-at-time basis. He also only bonded with Shirley over their mutual fondness for gossiping about/mocking others. Not really the behavior of a man with a heart of gold. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/131 "2009-10-11T22:41:58Z")
Dr Dougie Seacrest was the best phrase I’ve heard on tv in a while. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/132 "2009-10-11T23:51:43Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > He also only bonded with Shirley over their mutual fondness for gossiping about/mocking others. Not really the behavior of a man with a heart of gold. And, you know, taking a picture of the poem written to Britta, printing it out, and reading it for laughs with Shirley. I don’t care who you are, that’s a complete dick move. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/133 "2009-10-16T10:31:38Z")
This week was lame. All the subplots were dull. The spanish teacher continues to annoy. Abed reminds too much of Sheldon from the Big Bang. Although I like Sheldon, the joke only carries so far. In an odd way their attempts to avoid obvious sitcom cliches make their plots all the more obvious. I knew that Chevy would fail, I knew that Abed would fail, basically it seemed too predictable. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/134 "2009-10-16T11:47:13Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > In an odd way their attempts to avoid obvious sitcom cliches make their plots all the more obvious. I haven’t seen any indication that the show tries to avoid cliches. To the contrary, it seems like the show consistently embraces them, with a wink. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/135 "2009-10-17T01:15:22Z")
I liked that Britta cheated. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/136 "2009-10-17T01:40:03Z")
Best new network comedy so far. I kinda like Señor Chang. I think his absurd outbursts are hilarious. He’s got a very improv feel to his comedy. Abed is awesome too. He might even be my favorite character on the show. I think they’ve got his character fleshed out well in this show and I find the actor who plays him hilarious. He’s a buffer for all the other characters, because everyone underestimates him, and his emotions are never evident — so, everyone thinks he’s this blank slate, but he’s really a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/137 "2009-10-17T13:44:26Z")
I liked it. Senor Chang is too over the top for real life, but it seems that other faculty members are catching on. It still has that fast pace. Luiz Guzman! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/138 "2009-10-17T16:00:20Z")
I love Abed. I think the show is cute and I find it worth watching. I’m sure it will be canceled since I like it. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/139 "2009-10-30T12:35:54Z")
Another great episode. Last week’s was good but the plot about Troy returning to football was too sitcom formuliac. But this week was near perfect. In particular, [Lauren Stamile](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821836/) as Stats professor Slater. I’ve always liked her. (For some reason, I’m fascinated by folk who have appeared on other Thursday night shows. She’s been on “Grey’s Anatomy” and the old “Scrubs”.) Abed doing Batman was great of course. It’s like an episode-long version of his “Breakfast Club” bit from the pilot. His uncle is from Gaza? I thought he was from India/Pakistan. The only bad part of the show is the setup of Jeff having to decide between the new babe and his friends. Again, too formulaic. Senor Chang (“The Office”: Michael’s improv teacher) is going to snap soon. He is just too tightly wound. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596/140 "2009-10-30T13:08:06Z")
I liked Señor Chang’s move. When all else fails, go for pity. I’m glad I still like this show after eight (or so) episodes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596.md?page=8)